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“To have even been in the running for Christmas Number 1 against some of the names that were in the race, and then to have actually won is incredible,” Ben told OfficialCharts.com, “It’s an incredible end to my year.

“I’m gonna go and have a few good drinks with my mates…definitely more than a few good drinks… to really celebrate! I’m absolutely shocked, I can’t believe it.”

Mark Ronson’s Uptown Funk breaks all-time streaming record

For the first time this year, it’s not just what the British public have been buying and downloading that counts towards the final tally, audio streams from services such as Spotify, Deezer and O2 Tracks were also counted.

Six other tracks have been streamed over one million times this week, including a personal best for Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud (1.8m), plus Hozier’s Take Me To Church (1.1m), Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You (1.1m), Olly Murs’ Wrapped Up FT Travie McCoy (1.1m), Calvin Harris’ Outside FT Ellie Goulding (1m) and One Direction’s Steal My Girl (1m).

Down one place to three today is Ed Sheeran’s Thinking Out Loud, followed by new entry Olly Murs’ Up FT Demi Lovato (4).

New Entries

Aside from Ben Haenow’s Something I Need (1), Olly Murs’ Up FT Demi Lovato (4) and The Wealdstone Raider’s Got No Fans (5), there is just one new entry in today’s Official Singles Chart Top 40.

Gorgon City – aka Kye Gibbon and Matt Robson-Scott - score their fourth Top 20 with Go All Night FT Jennifer Hudson (14). Go All Night is the fifth single to be lifted from the dance duo’s Top 10 album, Sirens.